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Table 6 Relation of disabilities to social factors and illness (Functional capacities 7-12): multivariate logistic regression (N = 17436)

From: Disability among elderly rural villagers: report of a survey from Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Bangladesh

 

Sex

Disability

 

Q7 bath

Q8 lavatory

Q9 understand

Q10 Memory

Q11 lifting

Q12 food

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Sociodemographic

             

  Age from census

men

1.05

1.03-1.06

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.04

1.03-1.06

1.04

1.03-1.06

1.02

1.02-1.03

1.01

0.99-1.06

 

women

1.04

1.03-1.06

1.05

1.03-1.07

1.04

1.03-1.05

1.05

1.03-1.06

1.03

1.02-1.04

1.03

1.01-1.05

  No living spouse

men

1.42

1.13-1.80

1.36

1.06-1.74

1.50

1.22-1.84

1.51

1.20-1.89

1.41

1.21-1.63

1.38

1.04-1.84

 

women

1.47

1.21-1.80

1.55

1.27-1.91

1.37

0.55-2.04

1.39

1.15-1.68

1.47

1.31-1.66

1.29

1.02-1.62

  Very poor/destitute

men

0.55

0.16-1.93

0.39

0.10-1.59

0.89

0.37-2.14

0.56

0.20-1.61

0.55

0.32-0.89

3.86

1.47-10.16

 

women

1.45

0.67-3.13

1.12

0.50-2.49

1.06

0.55-2.04

0.82

0.42-1.62

0.71

0.50-1.03

5.14

2.33-11.35

  Illiterate

men

1.08

0.80-1.47

1.00

0.73-1.36

1.04

0.82-1.31

1.21

0.91-1.62

1.35

1.19-1.54

1.03

0.71-1.49

 

women

1.19

0.73-1.95

1.35

0.78-2.33

1.96

1.24-3.10

1.91

1.11-3.30

1.53

1.22-1.91

1.39

0.74-2.63

  No job at census

men

1.53

1.12-2.07

1.53

1.11-2.11

1.48

1.16-1.89

1.07

0.79-1.45

1.14

0.98-1.32

1.10

0.73-1.64

 

women

1.00

0.45-2.22

1.17

0.47-2.93

0.78

0.43-1.43

0.62

0.33-1.19

1.18

0.79-1.77

0.51

0.28-0.93

  Smoker at census

men

1.08

0.83-1.41

1.06

0.80-1.41

1.07

0.87-1.32

0.83

0.64-1.06

1.11

0.99-1.24

0.91

0.66-1.26

 

women

1.57

0.69-3.58

0.71

0.21-2.39

0.79

0.34-1.82

0.78

0.29-2.18

0.60

0.35-1.00

0.91

0.32-2.29

Disease/condition

             

  Pain in joints

men

1.05

0.77-1.44

1.21

0.80-1.41

1.15

0.90-1.49

1.08

0.80-1.45

1.15

1.01-1.32

1.25

0.82-1.90

 

women

0.90

0.65-1.23

1.05

0.74-1.49

1.15

0.88-1.51

0.88

0.64-1.20

1.31

1.12-1.53

0.90

0.61-1.33

  Chest pain

men

0.79

0.60-1.05

0.82

0.61-1.11

1.26

1.02-1.56

0.98

0.75-1.27

1.11

0.98-1.23

1.26

0.90-1.76

 

women

0.72

0.55-0.93

0.68

0.51-0.91

1.10

0.89-1.35

0.99

0.77-1.28

1.06

0.94-1.70

1.17

0.86-1.60

  Breathing problem

men

1.53

1.16-2.03

1.36

1.01-1.84

1.06

0.84-1.34

1.22

0.93-1.62

1.30

1.14-1.49

1.92

1.37-2.67

 

women

1.24

0.91-1.69

0.99

0.70-1.39

1.25

0.98-1.60

0.82

0.60-1.13

1.15

0.98-1.34

1.66

1.19-2.31

  Incontinence

men

1.66

1.26-2.20

1.75

1.31-2.35

1.55

1.24-1.93

1.55

1.19-2.03

1.71

1.51-1.94

1.99

1.42-2.78

 

women

1.63

1.25-2.14

1.66

1.25-2.21

1.30

1.05-1.61

1.75

1.36-2.24

1.37

1.21-1.56

1.11

0.81-1.52

  Depression

men

1.72

1.29-2.29

1.70

1.26-2.31

1.59

1.26-2.01

1.83

1.39-2.42

1.61

1.40-1.84

1.87

1.32-2.64

 

women

1.37

1.03-1.82

1.44

1.07-1.93

1.17

0.93-1.47

1.58

1.22-2.05

1.39

1.21-1.59

2.19

1.60-3.00

  Paralysis

men

7.97

5.83-10.89

8.42

6.11-11.62

1.74

1.22-2.49

2.56

1.76-3.72

2.47

1.97-3.09

2.06

1.26-3.36

 

women

11.64

8.61-15.72

12.23

8.94-16.74

2.12

1.51-2.97

3.18

2.23-4.52

3.30

2.60-4.19

3.08

2.01-4.72

  Itching

men

0.84

0.62-1.14

0.75

0.55-1.04

1.38

1.11-1.73

1.00

0.76-1.33

1.04

0.91-1.19

1.14

0.81-1.61

 

women

0.85

0.63-1.15

0.93

0.67-1.27

1.41

1.51-2.97

1.13

0.93-1.54

1.10

0.96-1.27

1.45

1.06-1.99

  Other

men

1.57

1.21-2.04

1.48

1.12-1.95

1.12

0.91-1.38

1.22

0.95-1.57

1.62

1.45-1.82

1.65

1.20-2.26

 

women

1.50

1.16-1.92

1.44

1.10-1.88

1.29

1.06-1.57

1.21

0.95-1.53

1.82

1.62-2.04

1.48

1.11-1.98

  Shaking at rest

men

5.41

4.00-7.30

4.64

3.37-6.40

2.38

1.78-3.17

3.97

2.93-5.39

2.49

2.05-3.01

2.21

1.44-3.40

 

women

3.43

2.51-4.69

3.27

2.35-4.53

2.41

1.83-3.18

3.63

2.70-4.87

2.50

2.06-3.06

1.91

1.28-2.86

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